furia

See also: Furia, fúria, and furią

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furia. Doublet of foia, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: fù‧ria

Noun

furia f (plural furie)

1. fury, anger, rage

   Synonyms: rabbia, ira

2. hurry, rush

   Synonym: fretta

3. rampage
4. fury (angry or furious person, like the Furies of Roman mythology)

Related terms

• a furia di
• Furia
• furibondo
• furioso
• furore
• in fretta e furia
• infuriare

Further reading

• furia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From furō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊ.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.ri.a]

Noun

furia f (genitive furiae); first declension

1. rage, fury, frenzy

   Synonyms: īra, indignātiō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.376:

     “Heu furiīs incēnsā feror!”

     “Alas, inflamed by furies, am I raging!”
     (Translations vary: Dido has multiple grievances against Aeneas, and Dido’s passion may be inflamed by the goddesses of vengeance.)

2. the Furies, or Erinyes, mythological goddesses of vengeance

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	furia	furiae
genitive	furiae	furiārum
dative	furiae	furiīs
accusative	furiam	furiās
ablative	furiā	furiīs
vocative	furia	furiae

Derived terms

• Furiae
• furiālis
• furiō
• furiōsus

Descendants

Inherited:

• Italian: foia

Borrowed:

• → Catalan: fúria
• → Esperanto: furio
• → Galician: furia
• → German: Furie
• → Greek: φούρια (foúria)
• → Ido: furio
• → Italian: furia
• → Old French: furie
  • French: furie
  • → Middle English: furie
    • English: fury
• → Piedmontese: furia
• → Polish: furia
• → Portuguese: fúria
• → Romanian: furie
• → Russian: фу́рия (fúrija)
• → Sicilian: furia
• → Spanish: furia

References

• “furia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "furia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “furia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be tormented by remorse: (mens scelerum furiis agitatur)
    
  • the Furies harass and torment some one: Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem
    

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyrja/

Noun

furia f (plural furie)

1. fury

Related terms

• furibond
• furios

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin furialbor.

Polish furia

Learned borrowing from Latin furia. Doublet of burza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.rja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -urja
• Syllabification: fu‧ria

Noun

furia f

1. fury, rage

   Synonyms: biała gorączka, gniew, wściekłość

Declension

Declension of furia

	singular	plural
nominative	furia	furie
genitive	furii	furii/furyj (archaic)
dative	furii	furiom
accusative	furię	furie
instrumental	furią	furiami
locative	furii	furiach
vocative	furio	furie

Further reading

• “furia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “furia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuri.a]

Noun

furia f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of furie

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɾja/ [ˈfu.ɾja]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: fu‧ria

Noun

furia f (plural furias)

1. fury
2. rage

   Synonym: rabia

3. (mythology) Fury

Related terms

• furioso

Further reading

• “furia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025